"gifted vocalist"". ""Rolling Stone"" critic Stephen Holden likened his vocals to the ""breathless, dreamy stutter"" of Stevie Wonder, and wrote that ""Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinarily beautiful. It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly."" With the release of ""Thriller"", Jackson could sing low—down to a basso low C—but he preferred to sing higher because pop tenors have more range to create style. ""Rolling Stone"" critic Christopher Connelly wrote that Jackson was now singing in a ""fully adult voice"" that was ""tinged by sadness"". ""P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"", credited to James Ingram and Quincy Jones and ""The"
"Thriller (Michael Jackson album) Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records. It explores genres similar to Jackson's previous album, ""Off the Wall,"" including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000. In just over a year, ""Thriller"" became the world's best-selling album, having sold an estimated 66 million copies. It is the second-best-selling album in the United States and was"
"U.S. It is called ""Thriller (Google Play Exclusive Version)"". It adds a tenth track to the original, ""Billie Jean (Home Demo from 1981)"". Notes Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are: Bibliography Thriller (Michael Jackson album) Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records. It explores genres similar to Jackson's previous album, ""Off the Wall,"" including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with"
"to him in 1997. However, Ray did sue Jackson on May 6, 2009 in a dispute to obtain uncollected royalties. less than two months before Jackson's death on June 25. Eventually the Jackson Family Trust settled. Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) Michael Jackson's Thriller is a music video for the Michael Jackson song ""Thriller"". It was directed by John Landis and written by Landis and Jackson. It was released on December 2, 1983, by Columbia Pictures. In the video, Jackson and his girlfriend (played by Ola Ray) are confronted by zombies while walking home from a movie theater. Jackson becomes"
"Thriller 25 Thriller 25 is the 25th anniversary edition reissue of American recording artist Michael Jackson's sixth studio album ""Thriller"". The original album sold between 51 and 65 million copies worldwide, making it the world's best selling album of all time. The prospect of a ""second chapter"" to ""Thriller"" was first publicly discussed on ""Access Hollywood"" in late 2006. Jackson said he would discuss the idea with collaborator will.i.am. It was released in Australia on February 8, 2008, internationally on February 11, 2008, and in the United States on February 12, 2008 by Epic Records, Legacy Recordings and MJJ Productions."
"Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) Michael Jackson's Thriller is a music video for the Michael Jackson song ""Thriller"". It was directed by John Landis and written by Landis and Jackson. It was released on December 2, 1983, by Columbia Pictures. In the video, Jackson and his girlfriend (played by Ola Ray) are confronted by zombies while walking home from a movie theater. Jackson becomes a zombie and performs a dance routine with a horde of the undead. The video references numerous horror films. Jackson contacted Landis after seeing his film ""An American Werewolf in London."" The pair conceived a short"
"Michael (album) Michael is the first posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks by American singer Michael Jackson, released on December 14, 2010 by Epic Records and Sony Music Entertainment. It is the first release of all-new Jackson material since ""Invincible"" in 2001 and the seventh since Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. It was produced by Teddy Riley, Theron ""Neff-U"" Feemster, C. ""Tricky"" Stewart, and Eddie Cascio, among others, and features guest performances by Akon, 50 Cent and Lenny Kravitz. ""Michael"" produced four singles: ""Hold My Hand"", ""Hollywood Tonight"", ""Behind the Mask"", and ""(I Like) The Way You Love Me"","
"album Death By Sunshine, co-produced by Jackson and Nick Blagona. It is scheduled for a fall 2016 release. Michael currently resides in southern California. Michael Lee Jackson Michael Lee Jackson is an American guitarist, photographer and attorney. He was part of Ian Gillan's backing band on the Deep Purple frontman's US solo tour in August and September 2006. He also performed on guitar and acted as musical director for Gillan's CD/DVD ""Gillan's Inn"" (2006), ""Live in Anaheim"" also on CD/DVD (2008), and ""One Eye to Morocco"" (2009). He has been Gillan's creative manager for solo projects since approximately 2005. In"
"Scream (Michael Jackson album) Scream is a compilation album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on September 29, 2017. The album compiles songs around a Halloween theme. A 17-second teaser was released on Michael Jackson's official Facebook page and YouTube Vevo page on September 6, 2017, just after a 3D version of the 1983 ""Thriller"" short film premiered in Venice, Italy. Later that day, the album was classified as a ""Halloween album"" with mysterious theme songs. The track ""Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-up)"" became available for purchase in digital format. Another track, ""Thriller (Steve"
"the styles of many modern composers. His early success in the film industry began with the patronage of jazz/pop composer and producer Quincy Jones, classical composer and conductor Arthur B. Rubinstein, pop/disco songwriter and producer Giorgio Moroder, and classic-rock composer and arranger Jack Nitzsche. For Quincy Jones, Marinelli and former partner Brian Banks are credited with performance and synthesizer programming on Michael Jackson's ""Thriller"" album including the title track. In film, they provided a pre-production synthesized orchestra recording of Quincy Jones' score for ""The Color Purple"" (1985), allowing Jones and Steven Spielberg to adjust the score during editing and present"
"paranoid, cryptic, sensual, vulnerable, idealistic, bleak, transcendent, and fearful?"" In 2007, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) ranked ""Dangerous"" number 115 on its list of the ""Definitive 200 albums of all time developed by the NARM"". Chuck Eddy named it the eighth most essential new jack swing album in a list published by ""Spin"". Notes Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes. Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991. The album was co-produced by Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and"
"Landis, ""The earth-shattering success of ""Michael Jackson’s Thriller"" was a surprise to everyone but Michael."" The success transformed Jackson into a global phenomenon, a dominating force in pop culture, and cemented Jackson's status as the ""king of pop"". At the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, ""Thriller"" won the awards for Viewers Choice, Best Overall Performance and Best Choreography, and was nominated for Best Concept Video, Best Male Video and Video of the Year. In 1982, the National Coalition on Television Violence (NCTV) classified more than half of 200 MTV music videos surveyed as ""too violent"", including ""Thriller"" Jackson's duet with"
"the film began in June 2017. Post production for the film was completed in May 2018. Thriller (2018 film) Thriller is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Dallas Jackson in his directorial debut. The film was written by Jackson and Ken Rance. It stars Jessica Allain, Tequan Richmond, Chelsea Rendon, Mitchell Edwards, Pepi Sonuga, Maestro Harrell, RZA and Mykelti Williamson. The film was produced by Divide/Conquer and is being released by Blumhouse Productions. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival on September 23, 2018. Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA"
"pair conceived a 13-minute short film with a budget much larger than previous music videos. Jackson's record company refused to finance it, believing ""Thriller"" had peaked, so a making-of documentary, ""Making Michael Jackson's Thriller,"" was produced to receive financing from television networks. ""Michael Jackson's Thriller"" was launched to great anticipation and played regularly on MTV. It doubled sales of ""Thriller"", and sold over a million copies on VHS, becoming the bestselling videotape at the time. It is credited for transforming music videos into a serious art form, breaking down racial barriers in popular entertainment, and popularizing the making-of documentary format."
"""Destiny"" and ""Triumph"", Michael released the best-selling solo effort, ""Off the Wall"". Its success led to rumors of Michael's alleged split from his brothers. After ""Triumph"", Michael worked on his second Epic solo release, which was released in November 1982 as ""Thriller"", which later went on to become the best-selling album of all time, winning eight Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, plus two number one hit singles ""Billie Jean"", and ""Beat It"", and three breakthrough MTV music videos ""Billie Jean"", ""Beat It"", and 14 minute zombie-themed music video ""Thriller"". In March 1983, with Jermaine, the Jacksons performed on"
"Thriller – Live Thriller – Live is a two-and-a-half-hour concert revue celebrating the music of The Jackson 5 and the solo work and life of Michael Jackson. It had already been performed in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia before opening at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 21 January 2009. The show was conceived by Jackson family friend and author Adrian Grant. Adrian Grant started a British fan club in 1988, and then Jackson invited him out to Los Angeles when he was recording ""Dangerous"". Within a few years the fan club had grown to 25,000 subscribed members."
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an audiobook and soundtrack album for the 1982 blockbuster film of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. Narrated by American recording artist Michael Jackson and featuring music composed by John Williams, the album was produced by composer Quincy Jones and distributed by MCA Records. The production of the audiobook brought Jackson together with several former collaborators, such as Rod Temperton, Freddy DeMann, and Bruce Swedien. The ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"" audiobook was released by MCA on November 7, 1982—the same month as Jackson's acclaimed sixth studio album ""Thriller"" despite conditions given by"
"Thriller (Lambchop album) Thriller is the third full-length album by Lambchop, released in 1997. The album title was chosen as a reference to the Michael Jackson album of the same name, one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, as an in-joke by frontman Kurt Wagner regarding the low sales of the first two Lambchop albums. The track ""Your Fucking Sunny Day"" was released as a single from the album in a re-recorded ""clean"" version, under the title ""Your Sucking Funny Day"". Three of the songs, ""Hey Where's Your Girl"", ""Crawl Away"" and ""Superstar in France"" are cover versions of"
"""Thriller"" albums. The tour reportedly grossed approximately $75 million ($ million in dollars) and set a new record for the highest grossing tour. It showcased Michael's single decorated glove, black sequined jacket and moonwalk. Despite its focus on Michael, it was named after the newly released Jacksons' album ""Victory"" although none of the album's songs were performed. According to Marlon, this was because Michael refused to rehearse or perform them; in fact, Michael had only reluctantly joined his brothers, who needed the income while he himself did not. On the tour, tensions between Michael and his brothers increased to the"
"Immortal (Michael Jackson album) Immortal is a remix album of music originally recorded by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and featuring The Jackson 5/The Jacksons, released on November 18, 2011 by Epic Records. The album is a soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil's , which debuted on October 2, 2011 in Montreal. On October 3, 2011, Sony Music Entertainment announced that over 40 of Jackson's original recordings were redesigned and reimagined by the Justin Timberlake and Rihanna producer Kevin Antunes throughout a year-period work in the studio with original multi-track master recordings. Hence it's expected that ""Immortal"" will continue a similar"
"""Immortal (Deluxe)"" as follows: Credits taken from the liner notes. Immortal (Michael Jackson album) Immortal is a remix album of music originally recorded by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and featuring The Jackson 5/The Jacksons, released on November 18, 2011 by Epic Records. The album is a soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil's , which debuted on October 2, 2011 in Montreal. On October 3, 2011, Sony Music Entertainment announced that over 40 of Jackson's original recordings were redesigned and reimagined by the Justin Timberlake and Rihanna producer Kevin Antunes throughout a year-period work in the studio with original multi-track master"
"Michael Jackson’s Grammy Award-winning ""Thriller"", Madonna's ""True Blue"", Celine Dion’s ""Let's Talk About Love"", hit singles and movie soundtracks, including ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Dirty Dancing"" and ""Purple Rain"" among others. He has also toured with Diana Krall. He plays over 200 instruments professionally, and has worked in a variety of music genres including Brazilian, blues, Christian, country, disco, gospel, hip hop, jazz, Latin, pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to Norman Granz’s Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, ""Agora"", ""Happy People"" and ""Sunrise"", as well as ""Breakdown"" on A&M Records. Da Costa"
"recordings made by Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Andy Williams, among others. He also is credited with creating the ""Latin Explosion"" in popular music by championing such Sony artists as Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. He also worked with Michael Jackson from the time he began recording his ""Dangerous"" album. During the promotion of Jackson's album ""Invincible"" in 2001, Jackson would later state that his relationship with Mottola dissolved based on corruption in Mottola's working practices, and once charged him with being a ""racist who exploited black talent"". Jackson has stated later on that, ""The recording companies"
"and created Thriller – Live, which first previewed at the Dominion Theatre. Later that year Adrian teamed the Thriller – Live dancers up with RnB star, Chris Brown (American entertainer), to perform before Michael Jackson and a TV audience of almost one billion at the 2006 World Music Awards, celebrating the record-breaking Thriller (album) and Jackson receiving the Diamond Award. The following year Adrian joined up with Flying Music to produce Thriller – Live as a touring show, enjoying success and rave reviews across the UK and Europe. In January 2009, Thriller – Live launched in the West End at"
"eventually offered to produce the record himself. Jackson accepted and the resulting record, ""Off the Wall"", ultimately sold about 20 million copies. This made Jones the most powerful record producer in the industry at that time. Jones and Jackson's next collaboration, ""Thriller"", sold 110 million copies and became the highest-selling album of all time. The rise of MTV and the advent of music videos as promotional tools also contributed to ""Thriller's"" multimillion-copy sales figures and high monetary grosses. Jones also worked on Jackson's album ""Bad"", which has sold 45 million copies. ""Bad"" was the last time the two men worked"
"Xscape (album) Xscape is the second posthumous album by American entertainer Michael Jackson, composed of previously unreleased tracks that date back as far as 1980. It was released on May 13, 2014 by Epic Records, MJJ Music and Sony Music, and is the tenth release by Sony and/or Motown since Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. L.A. Reid, chairman of Epic Records, curated and served as executive producer for the album enlisting Timbaland to lead a team of record producers, including StarGate, Jerome ""J-Roc"" Harmon, John McClain, and Rodney Jerkins, to remix and contemporize the eight selected tracks. Jerkins produced"
"Adrian Grant (writer and producer) Adrian Grant is a writer and theatrical producer best known for his long-term association with singer Michael Jackson, which led to his creation of the hit West End stage show, Thriller – Live. In 1988 Adrian Grant launched the Michael Jackson fanzine, Off the Wall, which had been approved by Sony and MJJ Productions. Within 2 years its circulation grew from 200 to 25,000 and was read in over 47 countries around the world. In March 1990, Michael Jackson invited Adrian to Neverland Valley, and he became the first ever person to write a feature"
"Thriller (2018 film) Thriller is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Dallas Jackson in his directorial debut. The film was written by Jackson and Ken Rance. It stars Jessica Allain, Tequan Richmond, Chelsea Rendon, Mitchell Edwards, Pepi Sonuga, Maestro Harrell, RZA and Mykelti Williamson. The film was produced by Divide/Conquer and is being released by Blumhouse Productions. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival on September 23, 2018. Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge. Principal photography on"
"between Jackson and Quincy Jones. It was produced by Jones, with co-production credit given to Jackson. Jackson began recording demos for the anticipated follow-up to ""Thriller"" in November 1983 while recording ""Victory"" with the Jacksons. Work was disrupted in July 1984, when Jackson embarked on the Victory Tour with his brothers. Work resumed after the tour ended and after recording We Are the World, and recording officially began in January 1985. In early 1985, work was disrupted again so Jackson could prepare for Disney's 4D film experience Captain EO, which featured an early pre-album extended cut of ""Another Part of"
"Thriller 25: Limited Japanese Single Collection Thriller 25: Limited Japanese Single Collection was a 25th anniversary limited Japanese edition box set released in 2008 for the American recording artist Michael Jackson's sixth studio album ""Thriller"". The original album sold between 51 and 65 million copies worldwide, making it the world's best selling album of all time. The limited edition box-set contains a 14-track set of all seven CD singles that were released, with two tracks on each CD plus each disc having B-sides, the A-side being the main single taken from the ""Thriller"" album. Each CD is housed in a"
"Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket refers to the red jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the ""Michael Jackson's Thriller"" video in 1983. On June 27, 2011, the jacket sold for $1.8 million at Julien's Auctions. The buyer, Milton Verret, described the jacket as ""the greatest piece of rock and roll memorabilia in history"". The jacket was designed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, wife of director John Landis. She had also designed Indiana Jones's jacket in ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"", among other things. The red jacket was noted for its V shaped black stripes, the unusual style of"
"its link to strong iconic women to support Refuge (United Kingdom charity). Adrian Grant (writer and producer) Adrian Grant is a writer and theatrical producer best known for his long-term association with singer Michael Jackson, which led to his creation of the hit West End stage show, Thriller – Live. In 1988 Adrian Grant launched the Michael Jackson fanzine, Off the Wall, which had been approved by Sony and MJJ Productions. Within 2 years its circulation grew from 200 to 25,000 and was read in over 47 countries around the world. In March 1990, Michael Jackson invited Adrian to Neverland"
"of changes when compared to the original 1987 release: Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are: Bad (album) Bad is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31, 1987 in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous solo studio album, ""Thriller"". ""Bad"" was written and recorded over more than three and a half years, and was the final collaboration between Jackson and producer Quincy Jones. The lyrical themes include media bias, paranoia, racial profiling, romance, self-improvement and world peace."